Rectangle in blue

 

Just the rectangle

 

A tribute to Mark Rothko concentrates on a blue rectangle with other colorata covering the wide brick canvas.  

 

Looks like a square

 

Not a square

The precise edges of this work foretells an exploration of Mark Rothko; the background re-assures the viewer that the painter's path has not strayed from too far.

 

Sunset at a siding

 

Railroad passenger car

A wooden passenger car sits at a siding at sunset.  The signal light shows red, indicating the switch position up ahead.

 

For stereogrammers, 

 

Railroad passenger car (in 3d)

 the scene is presented as a relaxed view 3d stereograph.

 

 

 

 

Square nines

 

9x9 square diamond with 23 teeth

This 9 x 9 square diamond manhole cover is seen in the street beneath our feet.  The rim features 23 normal sized "teeth" and a wide "tooth" in the upper left.

 

 

Yellow gas

 

Yellow gas cover

This yellow-painted PROV GAS CO gas utility cover is seen in the cracked sidewalk of the street beneath our feet.  

 

The Providence Gas Company was chartered in 1847 and began operations in 1848, making coal gas for lighting.  In the 2000s, it went through several corporate acquisitions; the original name is no longer used.

 

Two of its former buildings are listed in architecture guides of Providence:  the Providence Gas Company Purifier House (more here and here) on Allens Avenue and the Providence Gas Company Building (more here) on Weybosset Street. 

 

 

 

Double rainbow outside

 

Scene outside

A double rainbow is seen in this scene.  The secondary rainbow, seen outside the primary rainbow, is fainter but wider than the primary rainbow.  Its colors are reversed when compared to the order of colors in the primary rainbow.  The dark band between the two bows is called "Alexander's Band"; it is dark because the sunlight reflected by the raindrops in that area does not reach the viewer.  A supernumerary bow appears to be forming to the left of the primary bow, but does not form.

Building in water

 

Many ripples in the light

A long exposure at night of lights reflected in rippled water.